Membership 2016–17
Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding (CIGU)
Membership: Director of Intercultural Studies, Director of the Office of Student Diversity Programs, Assistant Director for EEO and Workforce Diversity, two faculty members elected for three-year terms (one of whom will serve as Chair), two students appointed for one-year terms by SGA, one support staff member elected for a three-year term by a willingness to serve process administered by the Office of the President, one representative from the Office of Admissions appointed by the Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, one representative from the Office of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges appointed by the Director of that office, one representative at-large from the Office of Student Affairs appointed by the Dean of Student Affairs, Director of the Office of Opportunity Programs or her/his designee, one representative from the Office of Advancement appointed by the Vice President for Advancement, one representative from the President's Cabinet appointed by the President, and the Executive Director of the Office of the President.
Position | Committee Member |
Director for Intergroup Relations | Kristie Ford, Sociology |
Director of the Office of Student Diversity Programs | Latisha Barnett |
Assistant Director of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Workforce Diversity | Laura Goodwin |
Associate Dean of the Faculty for Personnel, Development and Diversity | Crystal D. Moore |
Vice President for Strategic Planning and Institutional Planning, Co-Chair | Joshua C. Woodfork |
Faculty Member, Co-Chair | Cynthia Evans, Director, Language Resource Center and Teaching Professor, French |
Faculty—elected for three-year terms through a willingness-to-serve process administered by the Faculty Executive Committee | Mehmet Odekon, Economics (fall) Ela Lepkowska-White, Management and Business (spring) |
Student Government Association Vice President for Inclusion and Outreach | Ricky Rios '18 (fall) Themba Shongwe '18 (spring) |
Student #2—SGA Appointed, Student Representative | Miracle Freckleton '20 |
Office of Opportunity Programs Representative | Kelli Johnson, Director, Opportunity Program |
Director of Off-Campus Study & Exchanges | Cori Filson |
Admissions Representative | Dean Mendes, Associate Director/Coordinator for Multicultural Recruitment |
Non-Exempt Representative | Margo Theobald, Administrative Assistant, Office of Advancement |
Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs, Chair of the Bias Response Group (BRG) a subcommittee of CIGU | Cerri Annette Banks |